Chapter 11: Night Soul Flower

Mu Yan found a mystery novel called "The Sun of Innocence" from the bookshelf, and the protagonist is a private detective named Eric. He was so fascinated by it that he realized the passage of time when the candle went out.

Standing up and stretching, he walked to the bed by the moonlight, and he couldn't help but smile when he saw Suria's sleeping appearance.

Although it is not real in the dark, it is still clear that the sleeping position of the other party is spread out in large characters and occupies the entire bed.

It can be seen that as a girl, this time has really hurt her, compared to being a person who has been lying for almost twenty years, Mu Yan generously gave her this opportunity, and silently lit the second candle and opened the book.

As he watched, his mind drifted to Zaix's mission.

Night Town Resentful Soul Flower, one of the few copies that he wants to try, but unfortunately only exists in the first expansion, and when the dead come, the entire Kansa region was razed to the ground, and Night Town is naturally difficult to escape. Before that, he hadn't entered Morrowind Academy, and the usefulness of scholars hadn't been explored, so there was no team willing to take him to a quest.

The reason why this copy is interesting is first of all because its design idea comes from the famous scene of the traditional novel "Water Margin" of the Celestial Empire - Wu Dalang catches the adulterer, and there is no doubt that the player plays Wu Song.

The second is that there are many clearance processes for this dungeon, and the evaluation of different endings is different, and the rewards are also different. Some have only 50% ratings but reward extremely high quality items, while others have as high as 95% ratings but reward extra money and some inconsequential things. Some players made a table to analyze, and finally came to a conclusion - the designer tried to explore human nature here, which is why there is such a strange reward model.

The quality of the dungeon evaluation depends on how many "good" NPCs you protect, how many "evil" enemies you kill, how well you perform in battles against monsters, how many casualties you have, and so on. The reward is a real reflection of the good and evil choices the player makes in the dungeon - that is, you can't have the best of both worlds, you have to make a trade-off, either stick to your interests or stick to your heart.

In the game, the people of Night Town are divided into two factions, one is the people who eat melons without knowing the truth, mostly tailors, grocers, and butchers, who have business dealings with Anthony and have a good relationship, so they are surprised by his bizarre death and want to investigate the matter thoroughly.

The insiders, led by Orion, Blacksmith and others, who colluded with the mayor of the town, did not want anyone to make a fuss about this matter again, and they longed for the resentful soul to spend their lives in the forest on the outskirts.

The reason is simple, since the news of the monster flower spread, the number of visitors to Nighttown has increased much more than before, especially the adventurers who buy special rockets and repair equipment from blacksmiths, and there are also many teams that hire hunters who are familiar with the terrain on the outskirts of the town to venture with them. Just for this income, this group of people is also determined to stand with the mayor.

For such a situation, how players go from here, how to manipulate is crucial.

If you choose to insist on uncovering the truth, then you will inevitably face a lack of item support in battle, a lack of NPC assistance, etc., in the game these appear in the form of weakened attack stats, monster stealth strengthened, etc., but if a positive Lokan happens, the situation may be even worse than that.

Players can avoid contact with NPCs by going online and offline, and in the real Night Town, hostile hunters and blacksmiths who have ruined good things by you may be standing outside the house ready to make trouble. What's more, if you don't do it properly, you offend the mayor of the town and be expelled from the town, let alone uncover the truth, you can't find a place to live. Surya's force can indeed deter Xiaoxiao, but it would be foolish to carry his burden to the whole town on his own.

In fact, even at the end of the version, level 60 players went back to replay this book and crushed it all the way by force, the people behaved indifferently - because the power displayed was too strong and posed a threat to their lives. When human nature is selfish and their hearts are full of panic rather than gratitude, who cares about the so-called truth of others? In this way, the evaluation is almost 100% after clearing the level, but the rewards are only supplies, not a single piece of equipment.

Ironically, if the player chooses to believe the mayor's words and join forces to go out of the town to defeat the Soul Flower, then they will get a variety of buffs and force support, although in the end the Soul Flower will go berserk, but survive this battle to clear the dungeon, and the subsequent evaluation is naturally higher than 90%, but the reward is more shabby.

And the previously mentioned 50% of the evaluation of the clearance has an ending, which is to insist on uncovering the truth, and then read out the mayor's crime in front of everyone in the center of the town, and finally the mayor of the town is angry, bites back, and hires other adventurers (NPCs) with a lot of money to kill people. At this point, if you've completed enough side quests before, you'll be protected by the populace, otherwise they'll scatter, leaving your team alone to face the riots.

In both cases, the bloodshed will end in a river of blood, and the helpless people will not be able to escape the fate of being slaughtered by the mercenaries at will, whether it is the helpless people who surround the player firmly, or scatter in a hurry, and eventually the blood on the ground will attract the Resentful Flower and strengthen it. After easily taking revenge, the Berserk Wraith will take aim at the player, and if it survives the battle, it will be able to clear the level.

Because almost all the people in the entire night town are dead, the evaluation is only 50%, but the reward is one of the "betrayal" and "sacrifice" of the ring, which naturally corresponds to the two situations mentioned above, and the people scattered in a hurry - betrayal, and they firmly protect the player - sacrifice. The two rings have almost the same stats: add a little primary stat. But the latter has two grooves that can be set with gemstones, so it is more practical.

Players who make up two rings will also jump an achievement called "There is Only One Truth", and the following description seems to say the mastermind: "It takes a lot of courage and perseverance to uncover the truth, and sometimes it comes with betrayal and sacrifice. ”

It's still so difficult in the game, how do you face it in reality? What's more, according to Zayx's meaning, he can only take the latter route - of course, he will definitely not choose the violent crusade line, at least his conscience does not allow him to do so.

The crowing of chickens outside the house interrupted his thoughts, and looking at the slightly glowing sky, he realized that it was almost dawn.

Fortunately, although Martin's house was small, it was complete, and the thick carpet on the ground was not much higher than the dark and damp cell and the cold field, so Mu Yan just curled up on the ground and soon fell asleep.

……

Because she slept very early and took a hot bath before going to bed, Surya slept very sweetly, and the tiredness accumulated these days was swept away.

The girl who woke up on time with the help of her biological clock quickly realized that her posture was very indecent, and the only trace of sleepiness was gone.

She blushed slightly, opened her eyes secretly, and swept around.

Hey? What about the others? You won't go to sleep in the living room, will you? It's so cold......

Thinking of this, she quickly lifted the quilt and sat up, stretching out her feet on the ground to find shoes.

But she seems to have forgotten two things, first, after taking a shower last night, she was wrapped in a nightgown and lay down, plus the girl is not honest in sleeping, she likes to roll back and forth, and now her hair is messy, not to mention, and most of the spring is gone. Second, because she didn't sleep honestly, her shoes were on the other side of the bed, but she got up on this side......

That is, the side on which someone is lying.

"What's wrong with the touch?" Surya felt as if she was not stepping on a carpet, and the texture of the fabric came from the soles of her feet, and there was also warmth.

"Ahh As soon as she looked down, she found herself stepping on the arm of a figure, who was sleeping on her side, and she couldn't help but scream.

……

Mu Yan dreamed that he was walking in the ice and snow, his clothes were thin, and there was a howling wind all around, which made his neck, wrists, and ankles freeze hard, and he had to shrink into a ball and move forward with his head down.

Not long after, a snow-white bear suddenly rose from the ground, roared and pushed him to the ground, and sat on top of him and shook back and forth......

Your uncle, a Siberian polar bear?

As he complained powerlessly about the dream, a woman's scream sounded in his ears.

"What, what's the situation?" He sat up blankly, his sleepy eyes open.

However, in the next moment, the scenery in front of him made him sleepless.

The girl's clothes are half open, most of her full breasts are exposed, and her flat lower abdomen is also unobstructed, so she can't look down anymore, so when she looks up, it's messy hair and a dull expression.

What is this? Good morning benefits?

The two of them just looked at each other, not knowing what they were looking at and where to put their eyes.

"You're gone."

He spoke calmly, and Sulya realized the situation, and hurriedly wrapped her nightgown in a red face.

At this time, Martin was belated.

"What's wrong?"

He pushed open the door in disheveled clothes, but the scene before him left him speechless.

Sulia sat on the edge of the bed with messy hair, Mu Yan sat on the ground, and the former's feet were still on the other's thighs......

“…… Trouble movement is smaller. ”

Martin seemed to understand something, no, it should have been a misunderstanding, and closed the door in embarrassment.

"Am I supposed to say something?" Mu Yan's mind finally cleared up.

"What?" However, Surya is not awake yet.

"The area of the dressing gown is limited."

"Huh?"

"You wrap it up, and you ...... it below"

"Ah!!h

"I'm sorry, but in fact I saw everything."

Mu Yan calmly covered his eyes.

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The turmoil in the morning passed quickly, and after such a fuss, Mu Yan's brain, which was a little slack because of lack of sleep, also worked normally as if it had been beaten with chicken blood.

The two silently finished breakfast, thanked Martin and their son, and then set off again.

Walking on the road, Mu Yan frowned and looked at the female swordsman in front of him who was eager to run, the other party's golden ponytail swayed wildly behind his head, like a salted fish that had lost its ideals and was thrown around.

"Hey, Miss Surya. Can you consider my weak constitution? ”

He finally couldn't help but shout.

The girl's pace seemed to have really slowed down, but her face was still as cold as ice, and the little good feeling she had for Mu Yan last night was gone—although Mu Yan didn't think he had done anything wrong.

"Woman, you are harder than Alduin's song of twilight......"

He couldn't help but smile wryly.